Combined end-stake pockets and end-sill brace.



E R.VIBERG.

COMBINED END STAKE POCKETS AND END SILL BRACE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. l0, 1914.

Patented May 4 e Ff .lll lll IIIIP THE NORRIS PETERS COA. PHOTC-LITHO..WASHINGTON. Dv C ERNEST R. VIBERG, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

COMBINED END-STAKE POCKETS AND END-SILL BRACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1915.

Application filed April 10, 1914. Serial No. 830,937.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST R. VIBERG, asubject of the King` of Great Britain, and resident of the city ofMontreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Combined End-Stake Pockets andEnd-Sill Braces, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in combined end stake pockets andend sill braces, sometimes known as coupler horn braces, and the objectis to provide means for bracing the end sill of a car at the point overthe coupler.

A further object is to provide end stake pockets located inside the endsill.

Still another object is to provide a device complying with therequirements of railway commissions, regarding the location of endstakes.

The device consists essentially of a casting located between and securedto the channels of the center sill, and secured also to the end sill.This casting is provided with pockets for the reception of the endstakes.

In the drawings which illustrate the invention: Figure l is a half planview of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2, Fig.l. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, the end sill being removed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 designates the channelsand 6 the cover plate forming the center sill. The end sill 7 may beconnected to the center sill in any suitable way, and is provided with awooden buffer 8 immediately above the draft gear 9. The brace consistsof a vertical plate 10 secured to the end sill having a pair of pockets1l attached thereto inside the end sill. At each side of the brace ahorizontal flange 12 is provided between the front plate 10 and theoutside of the pocket, said flanges overlying the top of the center sillchannels and being secured thereto. A top plate 13 extends from thefront plate 10 rearwardly, and passes under the cover plate 6 to whichit is attached. This top plate occupies the space between the pockets,and as will be clearly seen its upper surface is in line with the lowersurface of the flanges 12. The outer side of each pocket is continuedrearwardly beyond the rear wall 14 of the pocket to form a web 15,supporting the rear portion of the top plate and attached to the centersill channels.

The device is completed by a bottom plate 16 which extends rearwardlyfrom the front plate between the center sill channels. This plateconnects the lower ends of the pockets and also the lower edges of thewebs l5. An opening 17 is provided in the bottom of each pocket for theescape of cinders, water and the like. The outer wall of each pocket isprovided on its inner surface with a plurality of vertically disposedribs 18, which strengthen the wall and reduce the area of contactbetween the pocket and stake. In order to facilitate the insertion andremoval of end stakes, the rear wall 14 ofeach pocket is slightlyinclined, as shown in the drawings. It will be seen that the front plate10 and pockets 11 project considerably above the top plate 13, so as toallow for floor thickness.

F rom the foregoing description, and drawings, it will be seen that thedevice which is preferably a casting has very great strength, thevarious walls being so disposed as to support and stiifen one another.This casting forms a very strong brace between the center and end sillsimmediately over the draft gear and to the rear of the buifer 8. The endsill is thus stiiiened at the point where it receives greatest shock incoupling cars and the like. In addition, pockets are provided inside theend sill as required by railway commissions. This requirement has forits object the provision of additional space between the cars for theprotection of train men. Where the end stakes are outside the end sill,it is possible for the cars to come so closely together that a train manwould be crushed between the end stakes of the two cars. With the stakesplaced inside the end sills, this becomes impossible under ordinarycircumstances.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. The combinationwith the center and end sills of av car, of a brace connected betweensaid sills having end stake pockets formed therein.

2. The combination with the center and end sills of a car, of a braceconnected between said sills having open bottomed end stake pocketsformed therein.

3. The combination with the center and end sills of a car of a braceinserted in and secured to said center sill and to the end sill lllO1above the draft gear, and open bottomed end stake pockets formed in saidbrace having ribbed side walls.

4l. In a car, the combination with center and end sills, of end stakepockets located in the center sill inside the end sill.

5. In a car, the combination with center and end sills, of end stakepockets located in the center sill inside the end sill,'said .pocketsbeing rigidly connected to the center and end sills abovethe draft gearand forming an end sill brace.

6. The combination with a center sill built up of spaced channels and acover plate and with an end sill,.of an end sill brace mounted betweenthe channels ofk the center sill and secured to the channel webs andflanges and to the cover plate, and secured to the end sill, and endstake pockets formed in said brace.

7. The combination with a center sill built up of spaced channels andacover plate and with an end sill, ofa hollow member comprising front,top, bottom and side walls, the rontwall thereof being attached 4to theend sill, the sidewalls to the center sillv channels, and the top to thecenter sill cover plate, and flanges extending between said front andtop walls over the flangesV of the center sill channels and attachedthereto.

8. The combination witha center sill built up of spaced channels and acoverplate and up of spaced channels and a cover plate and with an endsill, of a hollow member comprising front, top, bottom and side walls,

the frontfwall thereof being attached to thev end sill, the side wallsto the center sill channels, and the top to the center sill cover plate,and pockets formed in said member y between the side sill channelsextending from the bottom wall of the member above the top wall.

l0. The combination with a center sill comprising spaced channels and acover plate andwith an end sill, of a brace secured between the centerandend sills above the 'draft'gean .comprisinga front wall attached tothe end,sill and extend-ing between the center 'sill-channels above sameand laterally tothe edges of the channel flanges, vertical side wallsextending rearwardly fromsaid front wall attached ,to` .theinnersurfaces of f the centerr sill channels,- a top wall connectingsaid side wallsand front wall and at- Itachedjat its rear edge under thecover plate,

side walls and member sidewalls, the apertures of the bottom wall beingbounded by said pocket walls, ribs on the member side walls projectinginto said pockets, and

yflanges yextending between the front wall and side walls above thecenter sill channels and attached thereto.

Infwitness whereof, I have` hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses. fERNEST R. VIBERG. `"Witnesses: v

S. R. W. ALLEN, G. M. MORELAND.

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Washington, D. 0'.

